† cherishnessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Fondness, love.
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the mind > emotion > love > [noun]
loveeOE
loveredOE
lovingOE
charity?c1225
lovenessa1250
dilection1388
cherishnessc1420
affixedness1668
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 286 And for his loue had hem in gret cherysshenys.
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n.c1420- to travel the extra mile
- to travel the last mile
- to travel the road
- to travel the second mile
- to travel upon one's face
- to traverse an office
- to traverse one's ground
- to tread a march
- to tread a maze
- to tread a measure
- to tread a measure, a dance
- to tread a person's steps
- to tread back one's steps
- to tread clay, this earth, shoe leather
- to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to pieces
- to tread her shoe awry
- to tread her shoe awry rarely amiss
- to tread in a person's footsteps
- to tread lightly
- to tread on a banana peel
- to-cast
- to-chew
- to-chine
- to-clatter
- to-cleave